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www.merlot.org
What is MERLOT?
• Free and Open
Resource
• Links to Online
Learning Materials
– Peer Review
– Assignments
Multimedia
Educational
Resource for
Learning and
Online
Teaching
What Can I Do With Merlot?
• Browse the Collection or Search for
Materials
• Members May Add Materials, Comments
and Assignments
• Membership is FREE
Who Provides Material?
• Community of People Involved in Education
– Professional Information Available
• Usually Faculty, Staff, Students, or
Administrators at Higher Education Institutions
• No Affiliation with an Educational Institution is
Required
• Peer Reviews by Qualified Faculty in the
Discipline
• Comments and Assignments by Members
Who Maintains MERLOT?
Collaborative Effort of a Consortium
of Higher Education Institutions
• Institutional Partners
• Project Directors’
Council
• Peer Review
Editorial Board
• Discipline CoEditors' Council
• Administrative Team
• Transition Advisory
Board
How Do I Find Material?
• BROWSE the Collection by Subject
– Arts
– Business
– Education
– Humanities
– Mathematics
– Science and Technology
– Social Sciences
• Use SEARCH Option
– Title
– Author
– Date Entered
– Rating
– Item Type
• RECENT ADDITIONS Link Under Highlights
Where Do I Access Material?
• Learning Material is Not Stored at Site
Not Responsible for Content
Try to Keep Links Current
• MERLOT only provides:
description
comments
peer reviews
assignments
How Do I Use Material?
• To View Learning Material - Click the
Link
• Check for Licensing Regulations or
Costs
– Some Materials are FREE
– Others Have Usage Restrictions or Costs
• Copy and Paste the URL
Detail View
Peer Review
Peer Review (cont’d)
Member Comments
Communities
Special Interest Communities
• Resources for groups of people
supporting online learning
• Teaching Well Online (TWO)
• Focuses on effective planning for using
online resources in teaching and learning.
• Community of Academic Technology Staff
(CATS)
• Sharing tools, methods and expertise
among academic support staff
Teaching Well Online
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Instructional Material Design
• Learner Support
• Selecting Technologies
• Teaching Strategies
Example: Principles of Online Design
• Found under Assessment and Evaluation
• Sort by “Item Type”
• Go to Page 3.
• Last item on page.
– www.fgcu.edu/onlinedesign/newchecklist/
Example: Syllabus Tutorial
• Found under “Instructional Material
Design”
• 4th on the list.
• http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/syll
abus/index.html
Contact Us
Jon Cottrell
[email protected]
Joy McDonald
[email protected]